MWDN's May 26 editorial takes Jim Rizoli to task for describing America's
out of control illegal immigration crisis as "...an unlawful invasion of our
country." Referring to Rizoli, the editorial states, "He's wrong, of
course. An invasion is when the army of one country enters another
country to seize power and control territory." Microsoft Encarta World
English Dictionary agrees with this definition but expands it to include a
second definition: " The arrival of large numbers of people or things
at one time such as an invasion of tourists."

Rizoli's use of the word "invasion" is correct according to Microsoft Encarta,
and the numbers prove it. We are being truly overwhelmed by the
magnitude of the illegal alien "invasion" of our country, and we have our
political leaders at the federal, state, and local levels (and ourselves)
to blame for ignoring too long this burgeoning problem. When the issue
is brought to the attention of Framingham selectmen and representatives on
Beacon Hill, the answer invariably is, "Oh, that's a federal problem."
Regretably, local, state, and national media have acted in a similarly
cavalier fashion. Fortunately, CNN's Lou Dobbs and national and local
radio talk show hosts do not buy into this blatant dereliction of civic
responsibility and have used their bully pulpits to awaken the American
public to the looming threat facing our country.

The town of Milford has not been afraid to take matters into its own hands
and has enacted housing and health measures to protect the community against
the harmful effects of illegal aliens in its midst.

Recently six Republican members of the State Senate introduced legislation
to crack down on housing fraud by illegal aliens and employers illegally
hiring these people.

The Heritage Foundation predicts if current legislation before Congress
granting wholesale amnesty passes, this could mean that at least 100
to 200 million new immigrants, both legal and illegal, could move here in
the next 20 years. Our country cannot sustain this demographic bomb
shell and the culturally destabilizing impact it would have.

A prediction for the 2008 Presidential Election: Illegal immigration -- not
Iraq, terrorism, price of oil, or inflation -- will be the defining issue
of the campaign. The candidate, Democrat or Republican, who comes up
with a forthright and credible strategy to reverse the onslaught of illegal
immigration and promises to restore respect for the rule of law will be
the winner. The candidate obfuscating on this issue will lose.